This book covers all aspects of budget preparation, from designing and creating
a budgetary control system, consolidating data and working with spreadsheets.
Now fully updated to include the latest version of Excel, Excel 2007 and for easy
budgeting now with access to an online resource of worked examples and spreadsheet
templates. The book shows how things are done in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 to ease
transition from the previous version to the new version. Now in full colour throughout to
aid quick uderstanding through numerous colour screen shots.
For those who use Excel on a daily basis in budget planning, this book is a must. It
contains a wealth of practical examples, tips, new techniques all designed to help quickly
exploit and master Excel to its full advantage and therefore use spreadsheets for more
effective management accounting in your firm.
* covers migration from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 showing how to do it in both versions
* new edition now in full colour through out to aid quick understanding
* practical examples, tips and techniques - exploit Excel 2007 for effective management
accounting
Table of Contents
Using Excel 2007
1 Spreadsheet skills for all types of planning 3
2 Forecasting 27
3 Collecting and examining the data 33
4 Smoothing techniques 47
5 Regression analysis 59
6 Time series analysis 75
7 Expected values 85
8 Selecting and evaluating forecasting techniques 93
9 Business planning 103
10 Developing a financial plan 113
11 Business plans 129
12 What-if analysis 151
13 Pivot tables 167
14 Risk analysis 181
15 Budgeting 195
16 A spreadsheet budgeting system 203
17 Consolidating data 213
Index 221
240 pages , Paperback